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Canada to Ask Pension Funds to Disclose Crypto Exposure
28.3.2023
The budget for 2023 also includes that OSFI will consult federally regulated financial institutions on guidelines for publicly disclosing their exposure to crypto-assets
Swedish pension fund Alecta dumps First Republic Bank shares after price plummets
21.3.2023
The Swedish fund was the bank’s fifth largest shareholder; the fund’s CEO said the uncertainty surrounding First Republic was too great
Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Capital Shakes Off Crypto Winter With New Fund
8.3.2023
The fund employs a long/short relative value trading strategy, and will launch with $25 million to $50 million in capital
SEC to Make it Harder for Hedge Funds to Work With Crypto Firms: Bloomberg
14.2.2023
The rule change would make it harder for crypto firms to become "qualified custodians," according to the report
SEC to target crypto firms operating as 'qualified custodians' — Report
14.2.2023
If a majority of the five-member SEC panel votes in favor of the draft proposal, it will proceed to the next stage, which will be reviewed by other members of the SEC
White House cryptocurrency ‘roadmap’ recommends against pension funds
28.1.2023
The Biden administration touted its comprehensive framework and encouraged regulators and Congress to tighten the screws on crypto in a new statement
Fairfax County, Virginia Pension Funds Exposed to Genesis Bankruptcy
20.1.2023
Two Washington, DC-area pensions invested $35 million in a VanEck fund listed as a Genesis creditor
Canada’s Largest Pension Fund No Longer Mulling Crypto Investment: Reuters
7.12.2022
CPP Investment has nearly $400 billion in assets under management
Vitalik on Suspect Centralization, FTX’s ‘Absolute Fraud,’ Coinbase Confirms Bitcoin Holdings — Week in Review
27.11.2022
As the smoke starts to clear around the massive crater left by the FTX disaster, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has shared his thoughts on the ether community’s view of centralization. In related news, CME Group CEO Terry Duffy recalls in March when he called former FTX boss...
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Fund Writes Down Entire Investment in Bankrupt Crypto Exchange FTX Citing ‘Potential Fraud’
19.11.2022
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTPP), one of the largest pension plans in the world, is writing down its investment in the bankrupt crypto exchange FTX. “Recent reports suggest potential fraud conducted at FTX which is deeply concerning for all parties,” the plan states. Major...
Pension Giant Ontario Teachers' Plans to Write Off All $95 Million Invested in Crypto Exchange FTX
18.11.2022
FTX investment represented less than 0.05% of Ontario Teachers' total net assets
Pension Fund-Backed Parataxis Digital Yield Fund Targets $500M in Assets in 2023
21.10.2022
The digital yield fund received investments from two Fairfax County, Va. pension funds earlier this year
Robert Kiyosaki Explains Why He Buys Bitcoin Citing Pension Funds and Inflation
9.10.2022
The famous author of the best-selling book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Robert Kiyosaki, has explained why he buys bitcoin. Citing inflation, he detailed that pension funds are investing in cryptocurrency, adding that they know “fake” money, stocks, and bonds “are toast.” Robert...
Quebec Pension Fund loses almost entirety of its Celsius investment in less than ten months
17.8.2022
"For us, it is clear, when we look at all this, we arrived too soon in a sector which was in transition," says CEO Charles Émond
Canadian Pension Giant Caisse Writes Off $150M Bet on Bankrupt Crypto Lender Celsius
17.8.2022
Quebec-based Caisse said Wednesday it had acted "too soon" in entering the sector
USD 6.8B Pension Fund to Invest in Crypto Lending Market
4.8.2022
Indicating that some major financial players have not been scared away from cryptoassets by the ongoing market downturn, the Fairfax County Retirement Systems, a US pension fund with assets totaling USD 6.8bn, has unveiled it is looking to invest in crypto lending markets to ramp up...
Fairfax County Pension Fund Invests $70M in Crypto Yield Farming Funds: Report
4.8.2022
Virginia-based pension fund, The Fairfax County Retirement Systems, has invested $70 million evenly across two yield farming funds
Virginian county wants to put pension funds into DeFi yield farming
4.5.2022
The next few days will see a decision made, which if approved would be the first time pension fund money was used in decentralized finance
Fidelity Pension Plan Will Allow Employees to Invest in Bitcoin
26.4.2022
Fidelity Investments, the United States’ biggest provider of 401(k) pension plans, will let participants choose to keep money in bitcoin (BTC), but only if their employers let them.
401(k) plans are employer-sponsored defined-contribution pension accounts, and Fidelity, per 2020 figures...
FTX Raises $400 Million in Series C Fundraise, Firm Reaches $32 Billion Valuation
31.1.2022
Following the company’s subsidiary FTX US raising funds in its first Series A financing round, parent company FTX Trading Ltd. has announced it has secured $400 million in a Series C fundraise. The crypto company’s latest financing round brings the firm’s post-money valuation...